The other major line of utility tractor just launched by John Deere is the 6D Series. I spoke with Brett about this new tractor while we were out in the field at the media event in Sarasota, FL. – In today’s competitive work, farm, and ranch environment, many customers are looking for an economical utility tractor with more horsepower and …
New 5 Series of Utility Tractors From John Deere
One of the new utility tractors that John Deere has just launched is the 5D, 5E, 5E Limited and 5M Series. To learn more about it I spoke with Blake Barnes at one of our field stops during this week’s media event. Utility tractors ranging from 45 – 105 engine horsepower have many uses for property owners, commercial operators, governmental …
New Utility Tractors From John Deere
The first stop on our John Deere, Drive Green, media event was an introduction to the new utility tractors. Dan Pashke (in video, not this picture) gave us the rundown with the who/what/where/when and why. In this video clip you’ll also see some demonstrations of the machines. All the new utility tractors use the new John Deere name/numbering system. What’s …
A New Frontier From John Deere
One of our field stops at the John Deere Drive Green event was focused on the Frontier line of tractor attachments. In this video clip you’ll see our presenter tell us about Frontier and how John Deere acquired the line to allow them to provide more options to their customers. He also points out some of the new items they …
New John Deere Tractor Overview
I hope you enjoyed Cindy’s live webcast this morning from the AEM AgExecutive Forum in St. Louis. I’ve held off some posts from my location for that. She’s got recordings of Sec. Schafer’s speech and the panel discussion that followed on AGCONNECT 2010. So, let’s get on with stories from the John Deere, Drive Green event. The Director of Tactical …
Next Generation of Ag Show Panel
Joining in progress – I joined the panel a few minutes late, but here are the people you are hearing and seeing – left to right. Doug DeVries, Deere and Company; Doug Griffin, AGCO; John Koetz, Case IH; Rusty Fowler, Krone NA; Gary MacDonald, MacDon Industries; Dick Brown, Krause Corp. The topic of this discussion is the AGCONNECT 2010 trade …
Set Up for AEM Forum Webcast
Okay – here we are set up at the AEM AgExecutive Forum in St. Louis for a live webcast on Ustream – AgWired Live TV. This is the first time I have used this tool – free live webcasting. I have a great internet connection here in the Renaissance Grand hotel and a really great set up in front of …
New Mower Attachment From John Deere
At today’s John Deere product launch we went to classes on utility tractors. I think we had about 6 different stations where we could listen to presentations and then get to ride and drive on our own. One item that got a lot of attention today was the new easily detachable underbelly mowers for these utility tractors. After you drop …
Get Your Badger Grilled Cheese
The University of Wisconsin Madison Badger Club is a grilled cheese sandwich making machine at World Dairy Expo. I would like to try one again this year but the line is too long and never seems to go down. With 139 members, Badger Dairy Club (BDC) creates opportunities for the membership to engage in activities and experiences within the college, …
Traditional Slovenia Dancing
I mentioned traditional Slovenian dance in an earlier post and that’s what we saw at our final dinner of the IFAJ Congress. IFAJ Congress 2008 Photo Album AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2008 is sponsored by: and